Ash Wednesday Ritual at Evangelical University
The Tennessean has a detailed article on an Ash Wednesday service held at Belmont University, an evangelical university attended primarily by Baptists. The service was led by Catholic Bishop David Choby and Belmont's vice president of spiritual development Todd Lake. (Catholics may be interested to know that ashes may be imposed by lay persons).
Alaina Reagan, another student, said she'd never been to an Ash Wednesday service before. In the past, she'd seen students with ashes on their foreheads and wondered about it. She appreciated learning more about the practice.
"I think it's good for Belmont to have services like this," she said.
The article points out that college students are familiar with symbols thanks to the many icons on signs, phones, and computers, thus they are comfortable with spiritual symbols as well.
The article also provides some church history behind the Christian ritual.
Some die hard evangelicals will likely be distressed to read:
It's part of a broader trend of evangelicals, who are rediscovering liturgical practices they once shunned.
Harris said that in her three years at Belmont, she's seen Protestant students move from completely rejecting her Catholic faith to being curious about Catholic practices.
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Source: Evangelicals rediscover Ash Wednesday rituals
Alaina Reagan, another student, said she'd never been to an Ash Wednesday service before. In the past, she'd seen students with ashes on their foreheads and wondered about it. She appreciated learning more about the practice.
"I think it's good for Belmont to have services like this," she said.
The article points out that college students are familiar with symbols thanks to the many icons on signs, phones, and computers, thus they are comfortable with spiritual symbols as well.
The article also provides some church history behind the Christian ritual.
Some die hard evangelicals will likely be distressed to read:
It's part of a broader trend of evangelicals, who are rediscovering liturgical practices they once shunned.
Harris said that in her three years at Belmont, she's seen Protestant students move from completely rejecting her Catholic faith to being curious about Catholic practices.
Related Posts:
Baptists Recovering Lost Catholic Treasure of Lent
Baptists Observing Advent
Ash Wednesday & Lent: Are They in the Bible?
Source: Evangelicals rediscover Ash Wednesday rituals
2 Comments:
Hi, I have a question: What do you think of the concept of time-varying religion? Say I want to be Christian every Monday and Wednesday, a Muslim on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and a Zoroastrian on Fridays and weekends. I tried to do that and people insulted me. Why? I like changes and since all religions are good, why not adopt a time-varying religion?
There is another reason for me wanting to have a time-varying religion. Since we do not know what the true religion is, since we do not know whether there is one or many gods, why not try all religions? In this way, we're definitely covered.
It seems to me a bit myopic to adhere to a very particular religion when nobody knows the truth.
Greetings, again, Takis...
Are we going to make a habit of posting off-topic questions here at CAS. If so, this is your last.
>"What do you think of the concept of time-varying religion?"
Not very much, as it generally reflects poorly on the practicioner.
>"since all religions are good"
Um, positive claim without proof. What proof have you that all religions are good?
>"Since we do not know what the true religion is"
This seems another assumption on your part and not based in fact/proof. What proof have you that the true religion is not known?
>"since we do not know whether there is one or many gods"
This seems yet another assumption on your part.
With all these illogical and unsupported assumptions, we're beginning to doubt that you are the rational university professor that you claim to be in your profile. Surely someone at your university teaches a course covering logic, debate, and fallacies and will allow you to sit in.
>"It seems to me a bit myopic to adhere to a very particular religion when nobody knows the truth."
Possibly, but what proof have you that nobody knows the truth? Its seems reckless to claim an absolute (nobody) when there are over 6 billion humans and you have likely never interviewed all 6 billion plus. The mathematical laws of probability seem arranged against the veracity of your assumption.
God bless... +Timothy
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